Summary

Rep. Dan Crenshaw criticized Apple Maps for not renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as mandated by Trump’s recent executive order titled “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness.”

Crenshaw’s complaint reflects broader conservative frustration, as tech platforms and the global community continue to use the original name.

Critics compare the move to past nationalist gestures like renaming french fries “freedom fries,” accusing conservatives of embracing identity politics and culture wars despite their political dominance.

The name change is unlikely to gain international traction.

  • withabeard@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    They want an efficient government not wasting time and resources on unnecessary things …

    They get a government crying over the name of a body of water.

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      Their job is to do nothing and cede power and influence to unregulated, uncontrolled private interests of billionaires. It is now, was last week, and was years back. It is the merging and takeover of state power by corporate power.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        Indeed. It is the hurricane class five generating hot tub. How else could nature teach the most boneheaded MAGA-brains that climate change and global warming is real but by depopulating the coastal states…

        • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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          13 days ago

          Oh, no, it doesn’t work that way for them. See, if a natural disaster strikes a blue city/area, it’s god doling out punishment for their wickedness. If a natural disaster strikes a red city/area, it’s god testing their faith because he loves them so much.

      • Tinidril@midwest.social
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        13 days ago

        It will be a body of oil soon enough. Then the world will probably get on board with the new name.